Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Collaborative Innovation Research Institute

To better serve the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality, Guangzhou High-tech Zone, and the Beijing Collaborative Innovation Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Collaborative Institute") jointly initiated the establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Collaborative Innovation Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Research Institute") on August 29, 2019. They co-built it with renowned universities in the Bay Area, including South China University of Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the University of Macau. It has established a linkage mechanism with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center, a comprehensive national technology innovation center, to build a global collaborative innovation system and create an internationally outstanding "original innovation source center, emerging industry cultivation center, and innovative talent training center."
Integrative collaborative innovation. Focusing on key directions such as intelligent manufacturing, optoelectronics, materials, medical devices, biomedicine, and environmental protection, it collaborates with renowned domestic and international universities and the Collaborative Institute to research and develop cutting-edge technologies; self-builds and co-builds engineering technology platforms, forms full-time scientific research teams, and accelerates the continuous development of cutting-edge technologies into original engineering technologies; establishes enterprises through technology equity participation, or implements technology industrialization through forms such as technology transfer and licensing, to form advanced productive forces. At the same time, it jointly carries out collaborative tackling of key technologies in the industrial chain with enterprises to promote industrial upgrading.
Professional cultivation of innovative talents. It jointly cultivates innovative and entrepreneurial graduate students with outstanding domestic and international universities. Students study basic professional theory courses at universities, and learn innovation and entrepreneurship method courses and conduct practical training based on real projects on relevant platforms at the Research Institute, cultivating high-end talents who integrate knowledge and action, and promoting the deep integration of science and technology, economy, and education.
Market-oriented allocation of innovative resources. It establishes intellectual property funds to support technology research and development in the form of scientific research investment, and establishes industrial acceleration funds to support technology industrialization in the form of equity investment, forming a capital chain covering the entire innovation chain and a market-oriented resource allocation mechanism, promoting the integration of science and technology with the economy.
Currently, the Research Institute has established official cooperative relationships with a number of internationally renowned universities, built multiple technology research and development platforms, implemented a number of outstanding scientific research projects annually, cultivated a batch of high-growth "hard technology" enterprises, trained a large number of innovative and entrepreneurial graduate students, and has initially become an important original innovation engine in the Greater Bay Area.
In 2019, the Research Institute was approved to build the "Guangdong High-level Innovation Research Institute" and in 2021 was approved as a Guangdong New-type R&D Institution.
On October 21, 2021, the Research Institute, together with the Collaborative Institute, showcased achievements including the ultra-sensitive ultra-resolution microscope for living cells, the intelligent breath analysis precision diagnostic platform, nano-metal transparent electrodes, and integrated intelligent electronic skin at the national "13th Five-Year Plan" Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Exhibition, presenting to the public the phased achievements made by the Research Institute in the field of scientific and technological innovation during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, which received high recognition from central leaders.
As of November 2022, through the Collaborative Institute's global innovation network, the Research Institute has formed close cooperative relationships with multiple outstanding universities such as Stanford, Michigan, Oxford, Peking University, and HKUST. It has cumulatively launched more than 30 projects with internationally advanced levels, covering fields such as biomedical engineering, biomedicine, new materials, environmental protection, and electronic information, of which international projects account for more than 50%. Several achievements, including the "ultra-sensitive ultra-resolution microscope for living cells" and the "intelligent breath analysis precision diagnostic platform," have completed research and development and entered the industrialization stage. Among the established high-tech enterprises, 5 have achieved large-scale social financing, and remarkable results have been achieved in achievement transformation.

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